Anonymous
Post 03/04/2026 10:53     Subject: Has your current freshman met with their HS counselor yet for course selection?
My Westfield freshman has not met with her counselor yet. I have literally heard nothing and she doesn't even know who her counselor is.
Anonymous
Post 03/04/2026 07:17     Subject: Has your current freshman met with their HS counselor yet for course selection?
Anonymous wrote:How can you wait to the last minute when the counselors have no control over the deadline/course selection "closing"? What if a kid is out sick the rest of the week? He just...gets no classes chosen?


Sounds like the Westfield counselors don't really give a crap.

My freshman met with his counselor weeks ago.
Anonymous
Post 03/03/2026 22:28     Subject: Has your current freshman met with their HS counselor yet for course selection?
How can you wait to the last minute when the counselors have no control over the deadline/course selection "closing"? What if a kid is out sick the rest of the week? He just...gets no classes chosen?
Anonymous
Post 03/03/2026 15:16     Subject: Has your current freshman met with their HS counselor yet for course selection?
Anonymous wrote:My freshman met with his counselor several weeks ago.

Whats the issue at Westfield?


It's always the bare minimum at Westfield and the last possible minute. My freshman still has not met with a counselor about classes. She said she "thinks" tomorrow.
Anonymous
Post 03/03/2026 15:14     Subject: Has your current freshman met with their HS counselor yet for course selection?
Anonymous wrote:Our counselors have been sloppy and lazy but they met with my freshman and junior weeks ago. I thought it was a little late TBH. Guess Westfield is even worse.


you have no idea
Anonymous
Post 03/03/2026 14:48     Subject: Has your current freshman met with their HS counselor yet for course selection?
My freshman met with his counselor several weeks ago.

Whats the issue at Westfield?
Anonymous
Post 03/03/2026 13:22     Subject: Has your current freshman met with their HS counselor yet for course selection?
Mine did on Thursday of last week. The counselors had a schedule and it wasn't my daughter's choice when they met. It was actually at a time when she missing a timed assessment in class, which is annoying (an essay, not a test, and they have more than one day to complete, but still annoying)
Anonymous
Post 03/03/2026 12:35     Subject: Has your current freshman met with their HS counselor yet for course selection?
Yes, several weeks ago.

OP, I would ask school to change your family to a different counselor. This one is going to drop the ball and make mistakes over and over again.
Anonymous
Post 03/03/2026 11:39     Subject: Has your current freshman met with their HS counselor yet for course selection?
Maybe 3 weeks ago? Definitely mid-Feb.
Anonymous
Post 03/03/2026 10:52     Subject: Has your current freshman met with their HS counselor yet for course selection?
Mine did, maybe 2 weeks ago. I also thought it was late.

This week? Damn.
Anonymous
Post 03/03/2026 10:46     Subject: Re:Has your current freshman met with their HS counselor yet for course selection?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:We talked to our DS about a four year plan based on what he has said he wants to do and classes that he has enjoyed in MS and outside activities. DH printed off the course descriptions and gave them to our DS who was looking at them this morning. He is supposed to meet with a Counselor this week and we want him to be able to answer questions and have an idea about what classes to ask about.


What school?


Carson to Skyview. He did meet with the Counselor to pick classes for SLHS a while back but his schedule has to change since there are different offerings between an IB and AP school, I know the history classes are different. There could be different electives and language offerings as well. So a different scenario because he is 8th grade.
Anonymous
Post 03/03/2026 10:35     Subject: Re:Has your current freshman met with their HS counselor yet for course selection?
Anonymous wrote:We talked to our DS about a four year plan based on what he has said he wants to do and classes that he has enjoyed in MS and outside activities. DH printed off the course descriptions and gave them to our DS who was looking at them this morning. He is supposed to meet with a Counselor this week and we want him to be able to answer questions and have an idea about what classes to ask about.


What school?
Anonymous
Post 03/03/2026 10:15     Subject: Re:Has your current freshman met with their HS counselor yet for course selection?
We talked to our DS about a four year plan based on what he has said he wants to do and classes that he has enjoyed in MS and outside activities. DH printed off the course descriptions and gave them to our DS who was looking at them this morning. He is supposed to meet with a Counselor this week and we want him to be able to answer questions and have an idea about what classes to ask about.
Anonymous
Post 03/03/2026 09:47     Subject: Has your current freshman met with their HS counselor yet for course selection?
Mine met with her counselor (not Westfield) maybe 3 weeks ago. We have ben back and forth with the counselor and two of the teachers on the right classes for next year. There is no way we could have had this communication if they had waited until this week to meet.
Anonymous
Post 03/03/2026 09:45     Subject: Has your current freshman met with their HS counselor yet for course selection?
If all the FCPS HS counselors have a similar student course load, all the counselors had the same weather issues, and all the counselors have the same deadlines.....why are Westfield counselors so behind? Its the only school that's been named here as still not meeting with students. Is their principal terrible?